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Saturday, July 7, 2018

WiFi Dead Zones at Home and What You Can Do About Them

Probably one of the most inconvenient things to ever happen to us is being in a spot inside our homes that is considered as a WiFi dead zone. If you want to skip on locating where in your house is the best place to enjoy fast WiFi connection, let us help you easily identify what causes the prevalence of these unneeded WiFi dead zones.

WiFi Dead Zones at Home and What You Can Do About Them

Distance from the modem. A WiFi dead zone might be primarily because that spot is too far from the internet modem. Remember that a standard 2.4GHz WiFi router can bring decent connection to a device in an indoor space from a distance of 46 meters. Beyond that, the WiFi connection will undoubtedly be weaker and slower. One thing to do to solve this issue is to expand your router’s signal, especially if you’re residing in a big house.

Signal-blocking devices. Objects in your home like furniture, decorations, and household appliances can block signals from your routers, as well as concrete walls, microwave ovens, and LED lights. To avoid this, place your router in a space that’s away from potential signal-blocking devices.

Bandwidth hoggers. A number of devices connected to Wi-Fi will of course slow down connection, especially with users that are streaming videos, downloading large files, and playing online games.

WiFi dead zones really bring nothing but an inconvenience for users. If you’re a PLDT Home subscriber, though, WiFi dead zones will be a thing of the past as you can have an exclusive privilege of enjoying the Whole Home WiFi.

The said service utilizes signal-enhancing devices that connect the entire home to a strong all-in-one broadband and smart WiFi network. Through this, PLDT brings an internet solution that fits your home so you won’t have to worry about WiFi dead zones.

The Whole Home WiFi service also gives PLDT subscribers access to the Home Geek Squad, a dedicated team that will perform a thorough assessment of your place and will provide the apt recommendations on where to install your router to have an enhanced WiFi connectivity.

If you have a PLDT Home Fibr or DSL Plan 1899 or below, you can simply upgrade to Plan 3499 to get internet speeds of up to 50 Mbps bundled with the Whole Home WiFi service. If you have a Fibr Plan 2899 subscription, you can simply add P600 to your monthly plan to enjoy the service. Meanwhile, if you are a Fibr Plan 8000 user, all you need to do is extend your subscription from 24 months to 36 months to automatically get Whole Home WiFi on top of your internet speeds of up to 1Gbps.